MD5sums

MD5sums is a small-sized and easy-to-use Windows utility that gives you the possibility to compare the MD5 checksums of any two files. Using this method, you can figure out whether or not the two files are identical. It comes in handy when downloading torrents, for example.

The app's functions are only accessible through the command-line interface, which means that it's not ideal for users who typically prefer the graphical window and mouse. Calling MD5sums' process without writing anything else displays the option switches and several examples to help you get started.

For example, you can instruct the tool to encode the output in Base64 instead of the default hex format (-B), create a bare output without any path headers (-b), exit immediately (-e), and hide the percent indicator that shows you how much longer you have to wait until the job is done (-n).

What's more, MD5sums can be asked to pause before returning (-p, which is not compatible with the -e switch), show statistics with the hasing speed at the end of the job (-s), as well as to copy the output of the UNIX MD5 command (which automatically implies the -b and -n switches). As you can see, the program is case sensitive.